One man was shot dead and his pickup truck was set on fire by two suspected insurgents in Panareh district of Pattani province today.
The victim, identified only as “Nafee”, and his wife were heading home after dropping their children at school in Por Ming sub-district, when a motorcycle approached on the driver’s side. The pillion passenger fired several shots at Nafee, who was mortally wounded.
As he was dying, Nafee managed to drive the truck a short distance before it stopped on the road. The gunman then approached the vehicle and forced the victim’s wife to leave, before pouring gasoline on the truck and setting it alight.
The motive of the killing is being investigated.
